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Asheville North Carolina
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Asheville is a city and the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest city in Western North Carolina, and the 12th-most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The city's population was 89,121 according to the 2016 estimates. It is the principal city in the four-county Asheville metropolitan area, with a population of 424,858 in 2010. Asheville is home to the National Centers For Environmental Information (NCEI), the world's largest active archive of environmental data.

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The community is small and they are of the elderly age of at least 50 and older and they try to help each other out as much as they can.they are on the public transportation system and ab tech college is just around the corner from the apartment complex

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Very friendly community

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The community is age friendly and caters to older people

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All types of people of different ages. Most people are kind.

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Excellent Health Care. Several Active Senior Centers, YMCA's, Gyms, Health Clubs, active sports venues (swimming, tennis, boating, bicycling, hiking, walking). A wide range of Artists and Arts venues: museums. pottery-painting- woodworking-sculpture-music-dance studios and performers. Safe downtown.
Generous support for homeless shelters, food pantries. Acceptance of different lifestyles. Many good restaurants.

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